fiftybybike: Welcome to Minnesota! (The welcome sign is not proportional to the size of the state)
fiftybybike: Storms brewing north of Albert Lea
fiftybybike: The Minnesota capitol building in St. Paul
fiftybybike: Aaron and Laura on a bluff above the Mississippi
fiftybybike: About to say goodbye to our above-and-beyond hosts in St. Paul, Jane Gleason and Dick Tomasoni
fiftybybike: About to say goodbye to our above-and-beyond hosts in St. Paul, Jane Gleason and Dick Tomasoni
fiftybybike: Setting up camp behind the parsonage of Russel Stinson, next to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogilvie
fiftybybike: An interesting story about the pastor's life changes
fiftybybike: St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogilvie
fiftybybike: St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ogilvie
fiftybybike: The notable, castle-like tower in Ogilvie
fiftybybike: The tower's story
fiftybybike: Wildflowers on the Minnesota roadside
fiftybybike: The uncampground in Brainerd ("No Tent Camping Allowed"? at a "campground"?)
fiftybybike: The willow branch handiwork of our kind host in Brainerd, Tim "Red" Harry
fiftybybike: Here Laura chats with Tim' girls (who were eager to help us set up our tent), as Tim walks back to the house
fiftybybike: Taylor, grand-daughter of Joyce Mitsch, who owns a cabin near the Geographic Center of Minnesota
fiftybybike: Joyce and Taylor at the cabin
fiftybybike: At the Geographic Center of Minnesota, just off of Red River Road near Baxter
fiftybybike: 13,000 miles will put some wear on a chainring
fiftybybike: 13,000 miles will put some wear on a chainring
fiftybybike: There's tourist kitsch, and then there's Northwoods Minnesota and the Paul Bunyan craze
fiftybybike: There's tourist kitsch, and then there's Northwoods Minnesota
fiftybybike: There's tourist kitsch, and then there's Northwoods Minnesota and the Paul Bunyan craze
fiftybybike: Here's Lucette, Paul Bunyan's girlfriend, who apparently has a deformed hip
fiftybybike: Here's Lucette, Paul Bunyan's girlfriend, who apparently has a deformed hip
fiftybybike: Paul and Babe, in Bemidji